Resilient mounting



Apnl 9, 1940.y 'Cj SAURER .2,196,428v

RESILIENT MOUNTING Filed Oct. lx1, 1933 Y 5 Sheets-Sheetl 1 \NVENTOR CUT-g Saurer ATTO EN EY April 9, 1940. c. SAURER RESILIENT MOUNTING s sheets-sheet 2 Filed Oct. 1l, 1953 I INVENTOR .Cur Saurer ATTO RN EYS April 9, 1940. c. SAURER 2,196,428

RESILIENT MOUNTING Filed Oct. 11, 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR Curl 'Saurer ATTORNEYS ISy @est Saurer, eine stone 'Fire Bubmr @om l corporation or @hie sippiieation Gescher 1i 'i2 This invention relates to resiiient mountinss, and more especially it relates to yielding struetures suchh as commonly are between two relatively movabie members to dampen the vibration or the movable member, and/or prevent the vibration thereof from being transmitted to the other member.

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The invention is an improvement of the re-' silient mounting shown in my prior `nited states sarees ne. revises', issues october as, 1934.

vide resilient mountings of the character mentioned that will operate in an improved manner as compared to the mountings oi the abovenoted appiicaticn. More specidcally, the invention aims to supplement the resistance to deioi`` mation oi the rubber in the mounting by the resistance to compression of the-air confined on the concave side of the mounting; to reinforce the rubber mounting with supplemental yielding mea-ns such as a spring; to provide a resilient mounting of greater resistance to lateral vibration in one direction than in another; to provide a single resilient member capable oi. yieldihgly cushioning both bound and rebound; and to provide improved means for connecting a resilient mounting to a. supporting and a supported member. `Other objects will be manifest.

Of the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view of a typical installation comprising two of the improved resilient mountings, a supported member, and a supporting member, the latter being shown in section;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2- -2 of Fie'- ure v Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the resilient member shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figures 4, 4a, 4b and 4c are diametric sectional views oi 'a series `of resilient mountings having varying degrees of resistance to deformation;

Figure 5 is a sectional view of a resilient mounting, constituting another embodiment of the invention;

Figure 6 is a sectional view of a resilient mounting constituting a modied form of 'the structure shown in Figure 5;

Figure 'I is a transver sectional view of yet another embodiment oi.' the invention in association with a supported and a supporting member;

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the resilient mounting shown in Figure '7;

Figure 9 is a, bottom plan view thereof:

The chief obecte or the invention areI to prohis., o

, ness, sensi Nc. ceases (caressant) Figure 1o is a section on the line ls-ii of Figure 8;

Figure il is a plan view oi still another ernbodiment oi the resilient mounting in operative association with a supported and a supporting' rnembem' l Figure 12 is a section on the line liu-i2 of Figure 11;'

Figure i3 is a side elevation oi the resilient mounting `shown in Figure il; and

Figure le is a bottom plan view thereof. Referring now to Figures i. to 3 of the drawings, 2@ is a supporting memben/and 2i is a member supported thereby at a number of points `by resilient mountings, such as the resilient mounting structures generally designated it, 22. is herein illustrated, the supported member 2i is a vibratory member; specically it is the engine of a motor vehicle, and the supporting member 2i! is a metal plate that is supported at its respective ends upon the side-rails 23, 23 of the vehicle frame. The supporting member 20 is formed with annular, raised ribs 24 deflning seats for the resilient mountlngs 22, and the engine 2i Jpreferably is provided with outwardly extending brackets or feet 26 by means of which it is attached to the resilient mounting and supporting member.

The resilient mounting 22 comprises a resilient member 2l consisting oi' an annular,

dome-like concave-convex structure of vresilient material such as rubber, said structure having -an .axial aperture 28, and having an annular wear plate or washer 29 molded into its convex or top face, concentrically thereof. The peripheral wall of the member 21 is defined by a tubular metal facing 30 that is vulcanized tothe rubber structure. The rubber of the structure 21 extends beyond the margin of the metal facing on the concave side of the structure, and covers the lower marginal face of said facing as is clearly shown at 3 l This projecting portion 3l of the member 2 is rounded, and fits snugly into the fillet or reentrant lformed at the Juncture of the inner periphery of the rib 24 with the plate 26.

The foot 25, resilient mounting 22 and plate 28 are secured together by a bolt 33 that extends through an aperture 34 in said foot, through L the aperture v2 8 in the resilient member 21, and

Wnut ii'l on the'lower end of bolt 33 is a thick.

resilient rubber disc Il that has its upper and being shown in broken lines.

lower faces provided with metal wear-plates Il, 39, and is formed with an axial boss d that extends into aperture in plate 20. In Figure 2 the resilient member 21 is shown in full lines in a somewhat deformed condition due to the weight of the motor 2|, its normal condition The member I8 is somewhat more resilient than the member 21 and .normally is deformed, as shown, by the tightening of nut 31 on bolt 33. The member 3l serves to cushion the rebound of the motor when the vehicle passes over rough roadways.

Figures 4 to 4c inclusive show resilient membersl, a, 40h and 40e for resilient mountings, said resilient members being dome-shaped and of the same general character as resilient member 21, but being of varying degrees of resilience and resistance to deformation due to different amounts of rubber in their respective structures. The members 40 to Ille have the same, overall dimensions as the member 21 so as to be inter.- changeable with the latter and with each other, the concavities 4|, dla, Mb and Hc on the under sides of the members being of different volumetric capacities to compensate for the ydifferent amounts of rubber in the members. The arrangement is such that the resilient members 21 and dil-to 40o inclusive may be used alternatively to provide the degree of resilience required for a particular installation.

In Figures 5 and 6 are shown resilient mountings in which the resistance to deformation of the rubber` structure` is 'supplemented by compression springs. These embodiments of the invention are of utility in heavy installations where the resilient members heretofore described are not large enough to provide the required resistance to deformation together with the amplitude of movement desired. The structure shown in Figure 5 comprises a resilient rubber member 43 having a coiled wire compression spring 4l molded into its structure. In Figure 6 a coiled compression spring is mounted in the cavity 46 on the underside of the resilient rubber structure I1.

The resilient mounting shown in Figures 7 to 10 is designed to provide greater resistance to lateral or radial vibration in one direction than in another. It comprises a body portion of resilient rubber composition, which body portion is of the same general dome-like shape as the previously described embodiments of the invention, but has its concave under side formed with a pair of elongate, parallel, diametrically opposed recesses 5|, 5|. The member 50 is provided with the usual peripheral metal facing 52, and has a U-shaped metal bracket 53 molded into and vulcanized to its upper or convex surface, the said bracket being determinately angularly disposed with relation to the recesses 5|. The bracket 53 is shaped to embrace the foot 5I of a vehiclemotor support, the arrangement being such that when the vehicle motor and resilient mounting are assembled on a supporting plate, the resilient mounting will have greatest resistance to lateral vibration in the direction of the axis or crank shaft of the motor, and have least resistance to vibration in a direction transversely thereof. Thus the bracket 53 assures that the resilient mounting always will be disposed in the proper angular relation to the vehicle motor, whereby lateral vibration of the engine is damped`and suppressed by the resilient" mounting, and axial movement of the engine with relation to the vehicle frame. such as occurs during startingand braking of the vehicle, is strongly resisted.

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In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 11 to 14 inclusive, there is provided a dome-like, concave-convex. resilient mounting 56 that has molded and vulcanized therein an anni metal bushing 51 that extends completely through the rubber structure. At its upper end the metal bushing l1 isformedwith van integral flange or collar 5l that is flush with the top of the resilient member 58, and said bushing is formed axially with female screw threads 59 to receive a bolt 60 by means of which a supporting foot 25 of the vehicle engine 2| is secured to the resilient mounting. The resilient member 56 is provided with a peripheral metal facing 8| that has a pair of integral, outwardly extending, apertured ears 62, `62 extending from diametrioally opposite points of its lower margin, said ears being adapted to receive respective bolts 63 by which the mounting is attached to cross member 2|) of the vehicle frame. The rubber of the member 56 extends flush with the plane of the lower surface of ears'n and facing 6| and thus is in contact with cross-plate 20 so as to confine air within the cavity on the under side oi said resilient mem- In this embodiment of the invention the single resilient member 56 serves to absorb both bound and rebound as well as lateral vibrations. The broken line position of the member 56 'in Figure l2 is its normal, undeformed position. The full lines show it somewhat deformed by the weight of the engine 2|.

'I'he invention is simple and compact, and achieves the several advantages set out in the foregoing statement of objects. The feature of the rib 2l that -circumscribes and closely engages the yielding portion 5| of the resilient mounting prevents sliding movement of the resilient mounting on the plate 20, thus assuring that all vibratory movement of the engine 2| will be amorbed in the said mounting.

Modification may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

i. In a resilient mounting the combination of two spaced-apart, relatively movable members. an arched structure of resilient rubber having a circumscribing metal facing intermediate its respective ends, said structure being disposed between said members and adapted yieldingly to resist movement of one member toward the other by radial compression of the rubber, and means on one of the relatively movable members engasing the rubber portion of the resilient member so as yieldingly to resist lateral movement of the resilient member with relation to said relatively movable members.

2. In a resilient mounting, the combination of a supporting and a supported member, a resilient structure disposed between said members, said resilient structure comprising an annular dome-shaped rubber member having a metal facing about its periphery, the rubber projecting beyond and over one margin of said metal facing, and means on said supporting member engaging said projecting portion of the rubber structure for yieldingly resisting lateral movef formed with an annular rib defining a seat for a resilient mounting. and a resilient mounting disposed between said supporting and supported members, said mounting comprising an annular shaped .rubber structure having a metal facing about its periphery intermediate the ends of the structure, and a coiled compression spring disposed coaxially thereof and Wholly within the boundaries of the said structure.

5. A resilient mounting comprising an annular,

dome-shaped member of resilient rubber, an ini extensible peripheral facing bonded thereto and limiting radial deformation of the rubber structure under load, and a coiled compression spring disposed concentrically of the mounting and molded into the rubber body thereof for supplementing the, resistance of the rubber to an axially directed load.

6. In a resilient mounting, the combination of a supporting member, a supported member, an annular rubber structure disposed between said members and so constructed as to offer greater resistance to relative lateral movement of said members in one direction than in another, and means bonded to said rubber structure for mounting it in determinate angular position with relation to said structures, said means being nonsymmetrical and arranged in determinate position with relation to the differential resistance chara supporting and a supported member, and a resilient mounting therebetween, said' mounting comprising an annular, concave-convex structure I of resilient rubber, and an inextensible peripheral facing of metal bonded thereto, said facing having a pair of apertured ears extending outwardly from one margin thereof for attachment tothe supporting member, the rubber on the concave side of the structure extending to the plane of the lower face of said ears to seal the concavity in the structure when it is in operative position.

9. In a support, a rigid ksupporting side wall, a'

flexible rubber part bonded to the wall and projecting therefrom in load carrying relation thereto, and disposed a substantial distance from an end of the supporting wall forming a recess providing for movement of the rubber part toward the offset free edge of the side wall, andmeans receiving a load carried by the rubber part, said support being so constructed and` arranged that the normal load thrust on, the rubber part is carried by the rubber in shear, the rubber at thel recessed end extending over the edge of the supporting wall forming a cushion support for the supporting Wall.

10. In a support, a rigid supporting side wall, a exible rubber part bonded to the wall and projecting therefrom in load carrying relation thereto, and disposeda substantial distance from an over the edge of the supporting wall forming a cushion support for the supporting wall.

11. In a resilient mounting, th combination with a supporting and a supported member, of a resilient rubber structure disposed between said members, said resilient structure being annular and formed with a recess in one end thereof, a

metal facing about the periphery of the resilient structure intermediate the ends thereof, the rubber at the recessed end of the structure extending over the edge of the metal facing'for engagement with one of the members'between which the mounting is positioned, and means for attaching the mountingto the supporting and supported structures such that the recess in the end of the mounting is closed and constitutes a pneumatic cushion that supplements the rubber of the structure in supporting the load on the mounting.

`l2. In a resilient cushioning device, the combination of a resilient dome-shaped rubber structure having a concave recess opposite the domev of said rubber structure to permit axial movement of said rubber structure, and inextensible means surrounding said rubber structure substantially throughout the axial extent of said recess whereby when said rubber structure is deformed in the direction of concavity of said recess the rubber is subjected substantially to radial compression.

CURT SAURER. 

